Warner Brothers announces it will be issuing all new releases after May in Blu-ray format only.
The article actually states, “The studio hopes its decision will help end the format war.”
Wow. I’ve been preparing a blog post about the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD struggle, especially as it applies to independent and documentary films, many of which are filmed in high definition. To this point, however, none of these smaller films has been released in either high-definition format, ostensibly because of the high cost of trying to support both formats. Perhaps this decision by Warner will clear the way for some of the little guys to get their stuff out in higher resolution.
Now to work on my speech: “Honey, I need the PlayStation 3 for my film reviewing work.”
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My wife and I are heading to New York City in a few weeks to enjoy a weekend of ballet, sightseeing, food, and, I hope, cinema. I haven’t been to the city since I was a small child and so I’ve been doing some online research to find out interesting places for a cinephile to go. While browsing the site of the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, I found the Pinewood Dialogues, an archive of podcasts featuring interviews with actors and directors that stretches all the way back to 1989.
Even if we don’t hike it out to Queens, this online treasure trove makes the online research worthwhile.
By the way, apart from Film Forum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, where else should I consider spending some time on our all-too-brief weekend in the city?
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